It’s believable, interesting, frequently humorous (the only good thing the game can say about your apartment at the beginning is that “it’s not on fire”) and yet also goes to some really dark places.
One of the best things about Shadowrun Returns is the writing. Since your character doesn’t have a lot on their plate they take the job, but as you can probably guess the investigation becomes a lot more complicated than just catching Sam’s killer. As one of the few Shadowrunners Sam trusted he sends you a message via a ‘Dead Man’s Switch’ (an implant that sends a pre-recorded video over the ‘net once its owner is deceased) asking for your help, in return for previously-arranged payment. A brutal serial killer called the Emerald City Ripper is murdering at will and removing organs from his victims, one of whom is your character’s old friend Sam Watts. It takes place in Seattle about fifty years from now, where bad stuff is going down. The world of Shadowrun looks open, but it’s just a series of corridor-like streets. Shadowrun Returns itself is an isometric RPG with turn-based combat, which I’ll get into more shortly – but first, plot.
After that you aim for a speciality, such as Mage, Decker (hacker), Shaman (can summon elemental beings), and Rigger (can control Drones). Humans, elves, dwarves, trolls, and orcs are the main races and can all be chosen to be your player character (with various bonuses for each). It fuses high fantasy with cyberpunk and it’s as compelling as it sounds.
Shadowrun Returns is set in the sci-fi/fantasy tabletop world of Shadowrun, a futuristic world ruled by megacorporations, technology and magic. Kidding, although it is still a good game even if it’s not absolutely incredibly mind-blowing. Right, now on with the review of Shadowrun Returns, my brand new incontrovertible and inarguable Game of the Year! I’m not getting any money from Harebrained Schemes or anything so I don’t think it’s of any consequence, but I just wanted everyone to know. If anything it makes me more critical as my expectations are higher, but at the same time like any game I’m looking forward to I want it to succeed. I don’t think it compromises my critical ability regarding the game, at least no more than any other game I’ve paid money for, that’s why I’m still going ahead with the review. Disclaimer: I don’t know if it matters to anyone, but I want to get it out in the open at the start that I am a backer of Shadowrun Returns.
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